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Crail Folk ClubThursday May 24th 8pm BYOB in

Crail Town Hall

Our guest is Crail favourite CHRISTINE BOVILL. Pleasenote that Christine replaces the artists first advertised on ourleaflets.Christine Bovill has built a formidable reputation as a song-writing jazz chanteuse. Born into a Glasgow family wherefolk music was the flavour of the age, Christine characteris-tically explored her own inclinations, finding a delight in jazzand cabaret,which she has been developing ever since. Aftersome years of English teaching by day and singing in the jazzhaunts of her native city, Christine quit the classroom to pur-sue a career in entertainment. Her natural progression intosongwriting would reveal a major talent, one devoted to thepower of the lyric. She won the Glasgow Festival of Song-writing and soon released Derby Street, her first album and

BBC Radio Scotland’s Album Of The Week. She has per-formed live on ITV, BBC Newsnight and on Radio 4’s SoulMusic, and has written lyrics for two tracks on a film scorefor Sony. She has collaborated with Scottish Playwright, IanHeggie and Glasgow's The Strange Blue Dreams. The lastfive summers have found Christine establish herself as amuch-sought performer with a massively successful sold-outChristine Bovill’s Piaf show at the Edinburgh Fringe, wherethe Famous Spiegeltent has provided the perfect setting forher t; and where she realised a life-long dream when sheshared the stage with Edith Piaf's great friend and last com-poser, Mr Charles Dumont. Her self-penned play, ChristineBovill’s Piaf, greatly received by the critics, gained 5-star rat-ings from the Scotsman and The Belfast Telegraph. She hastoured the show internationally, including South Korea, ac-companied by a symphony orchestra. She completed her sec-ond album, arranged and produced by Glasgow's The StrangeBlue Dreams, A Roots Affair, stirring in the tangle of vintagepop, chanson and Americana. Last year she launched her newshow, Christine Bovill’s Paris at the Edi burgh Fringe.It immediately won three 5 star reviews, including “FringeBible” The Scotsman."Bovill is a great storyteller and she brings the songs to lifewith terrific panache and dramatic flair." - The Scotsman“ Something that will stay with you for the rest of your life….I wasn’t prepared for the effect her voice would have on me.”- Sunday TimesWe are lucky to have Christine back in Crail. This time it isback to her folkie roots but with, no doubt, a nod to theFrench shows

Boarhills and Dunino community groupgains right to buy land

Scottish Ministers have given their consent to Boarhills andDunino Community Trust to purchase the land to the Northof No 3 Boarhills Farm Cottages. This follows a communityright to buy application by the community trust to buy theland to provide a community green space which can be usedfor recreation and an orchard. The site also contains a B-listed 17th Century doocot which is in derelict condition,and the community hopes in time to restore this importanthistoric building, making it accessible to all. The area is im-mediately adjacent to the Fife Coastal Path and the groupalso intends to provide access to toilet facilities and waterfor coastal path walkers who pass the site each year.

Crail MattersOn May 25th this year one of the biggest changes in Data Pro-tection Law will come into effect in the UK through the EU'sGeneral Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). You currently receive communications from Crail Matters pri-marily through the Monday morning email mail link; however,in May new legislation comes into place which means you needto re-register to carry on hearing from us. Emails have been sentout giving information on how to register - if you have any dif-ficulty please contact us. If you have not confirmed your regis-tration with us, you will not receive the email version after 25May. If you want to continue to receive your digital copy of Crail Mat-ters (and we hope you do) please register with us.

Crail Festival Box Office - Saturday 26 MayWe regret we have been unable to establish a new broadband service in the Town Hall in time for our box office opening onSaturday 26 May. We are grateful to Graham Guthrie for allowing us to use The Golf Hotel as an alternative venue.

The box office will open as advertised.Now in The Golf Hotel 10.00-12.00

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The Future of Crail

What a turnout! Over 100 folk came to decide Crail’s future on the morning of Saturday 12th May in the Community Hall. It’sa measure of how involved and concerned people feel for suchnumbers to turn out on a lovely sunny day!!! Well done Crail.

The aim of the event was to work out our collective answer to adisarmingly simply question: what do we want Crail to be like inthe future?

To help us answer that question, Crail Community Partnership’sspecialist team from 7N Architects and Nick Wright Planning ledthe assorted throng through a fascinating agenda:

- A summary of over 130 responses to the community survey thathas taken place over the last month, asking people what’s bestabout Crail - and what could be even better. - Comments and suggestions from local schoolchildren, busi-nesses and community groups.- Facts and figures comparing Crail to other similar east coastvillages using census and other government data - with somefascinating insights into the provision of shops, jobs and facili-ties in Crail.- Information about the Council’s Local Development Plan andwhat proposals for development around Crail in the next 10-15years.

All of these various points were summarised in graphics in thepresentation given on the day - which you can see online atgoo.gl/umhcRC (6mb PDF).

That then led us back to the main question of the day: what dowe want Crail to be like in the future?

After much interesting exploration and discussion in groups- all of which will be summarised in a report to be distributedvia Crail Matters next month - the consensus was: we need aplan! Why? Because that will help to shape and focus energyand initiatives, projects, future development and governmentpolicy.

What should that plan contain? A few common prioritiesemerged in the final discussion. These included:- Create a community hub - a gathering place for groups, ac-tivities and folk young and old- Housing for local families, integrated with the village- A winter plan and a summer plan, for residents and tourists!- Support small businesses and entrepreneurs.- Control traffic speeds.

Positive, energising and productive though it was, this work-shop was only the start. We now need to work together toproduce the plan. The good news is that there was a clearmandate from those present that the Community Partnershipshould crack on and do that. It will take a few months to or-ganise, but watch this space!

A full summary of proceedings will be shared via CrailMatters once it is ready at around the end of May.

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Extreme Golf?

We know golfers are keen - even obsessed - but playing golf asa volcano erupts nearby seems to say the least a bit odd. Do you get a free drop off the hot lava?

MARIO TAMA/GETTY IMAGES

East Neuk Book GroupMeets in the Cocoa Tree, Pittenweem

Come along and join usAll welcome

We will be discussing the following books on the firstThursday of every month. Discussion starts at 6.00pm butpop in from 5.30pm and have a chat with us over coffee orhot chocolateThursday 7 June Damiel James Brown The Boys in the BoatThursday 5 July Martin Booth The Industry of soulsThursday 2 August(venue to be confirmed)Gail HoneymanEleanor Oliphant is Absolutely Fine

If you would like any further information or would like tojoin our mailing list, please contact Coral

coralnapier@yahoo.co.uk

Crail StatisticsAt the charette meeting there was some uncertainty over basic population statistics for Crail. The following are abstracted fromthe latest complete census figures (2011) and are undoubtedly somewhat out of date, as they do not include the recent developmentat Caraille Green. They are, however, the best estimates we have at the moment.

Figures are included, where appropriate, for comparison with total figures for Fife as a whole. Notable points include the relativelyhigh number of owner occupied houses in Crail (71% as opposed to a Fife average of 64%), and the relatively high number ofpeople who describe themselves as retired (73% as opposed to 50% in Fife as a whole).

These figures do not give any indication of the extent of property used as second homes, or holiday lets, and this remains anissue that merits further exploration. Such Fife Council figures for this that exist are probably unreliable.

Crail aggregate Census data Crail South Crail North Total Fifepopulation 890 922 1812

Pop structure. Child 12.9 13 12.95Working 55.7 55.7 55.7

65+ 31.3 31.2 31.25% N. Households 444 453 897

1 pers 36.9 36.2 36.55 31.82 pers 42.6 42.4 42.5 36.6

% Owner occupied 66.4 75.9 71.15 64.4Council 12.6 2.9 7.75 18

Social housing 3.2 7.5 5.35 4.9

% Economically active 59.9 62.2 61.05 67.6retired 71.4 76 73.7 50.9

% born in Scotland 76 72.7 74.35 83.6% born in England 14.9 17.6 16.25 9.7

% Scottish identity 54.3 48.9 51.6 63.8% Scot and British identity 23.5 20.2 21.85 18.2

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Royal Burgh of Crail and District Community Council Notes

Closure of St Andrews Out of Hours ServicesA Public Meeting regarding the closure of GP out of hours services at the Community Hospital in St.Andrews, Dunfermline and Glenrothes was held on Monday 14 May in St Andrews Town Hall. A pow-erful case was made for a North East Fife solution which fully utilises the services of local GPs whoare willing to continue their work in the area. Fife Health and Social Care Partnership faced many ap-peals to abandon their policy of preventing local GPs from providing local out-of-hours primary care. Serious concerns werevoiced over the sudden closure of overnight GP services. It’s been over 4 weeks since the reduced out-of-hours service beganand the centralisation to Kirkcaldy is being felt locally. For at least three months there will be no Primary Care EmergencyService provided from St. Andrews Hospital between midnight and 8am.Representatives from the Fife Heath and Social Care Partnership were there to respond to the concerns of local CommunityCouncillors, local and national government politicians, the University of St Andrews, and GPs, and more than 100 peopleattended the lively meeting. Fife currently has a total of 262 GPs however only 150 have Out of Hours contracts but only 68 ofthose had regular sessions.At beginning of April Fife had on average only 4 days out of 20 covered. 96% of those who travelled to Kirkcaldy for treatmentwent by car and it was suggested by the Board that measures could be put in place for those unable to access a car although thiswas not yet in place. Dr. Chris Lusk of the University, stated that it was not possible to obtain any taxi after midnight in St An-drews or the surrounding area and that the majority of taxi drivers would be unwilling to transport anyone vomiting or bleed-ing.The NHS is relying on a small pool of doctors and no measures were in place to accommodate losing one. The Board decidedthat if one doctor was off, the service wouldn’t be able to operate. The loss of a doctor in West/South Fife precipitated the closureof the service and rather than allow St Andrews to remain open, and although there were no issues of cover there, the Board de-cided that the Victoria Hospital in Kirkcaldy should act as a temporary hub. One Anstruther GP said that she only found outabout the closure from patients and from social media. The Skeith practice was not consulted nor had any communication beenreceived asking if GPs from there could assist. The demand for healthcare provision is high, not only from North East Fife residents but also from university staff, students anda steady flow of tourists. Moreover, with an ageing population, this high level of demand is only set to increase.

Slip Way Roome BayThe Community Council are pleased to report that Fife Council workmen have repaired the wall leading down to the causewayat the Slip Way at Roome Bay. Large stones that had fallen away have been replaced into the wall, and secured. This is a hugeimprovement.

Senior Carers Respite FifeSenior Carers Respite Fife are pleased to introduce our great new service - Senior Carers Respite Fife.This is for carers 60 plus. We come to you and lend a helping hand. At a time that’s convenient to you. This is a FREE ser-vice. For more information email Moira or Adele at respite@disabilitiesfife.org.uk or call on 01592 203993

Crail and Kingsbarns Branch RNLIMany thanks to everyone who contributed to our fundraisinglast year it is always very much appreciated.Our Committee is now far less than previously therefore any-one interested in helping out at events would be very help-ful.Coffee mornings Saturday 16th June and Saturday 22ndSeptember.We also have a stall selling Lifeboat souvenirs at the Har-bour Sunday afternoons June-July and August which alwaysraises a substantial amount to our fundraising. It is always avery enjoyable afternoon and a lovely venue.If anyone has a couple of hours to spare and interested inhelping out please contactJenny Henderson 01333 451 152 or Lesley Handley 01333 450 508

Recorded levels of Crime in Fife falls by 7%

Levels of recorded crime in Fife have fallen by 7%, accordingto a BBC analysis of figures from the Home Office. In 2014-15 256.4 K crimes were recorded in Fife, in 2015-16 246.2 K,and in 2016-17 238.7 K. However, the detection rate is downby 0.4% to 50%. Overall the detection rate for sex offences byPolice Scotland has fallen by 14% in the past 3 years.

Crail Mobile Post Office ServiceLocation - Along High StreetOpening times: Monday 1400-1600

Tuesday 1430-1630Wednesday 1400-1600

CRUSE BEREAVEMENT CARE‘Step by Step’ has four social groups across Fife for people who have lost loved ones. The groups help people feeling isolatedor lonely to meet new people and connect with community activities. Contact Jacqueline MacGregor on 07432 635 406 or email:stepbystep@crusescotland.org.uk Cruse also run a helpline for bereavement support on 0845 600 2277.

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The first rare bird of the year turned up on the 12th. A marsh warbler in the Patch at Fife Ness. I got a text from John Andersonat lunchtime that it was around, having been found early that morning. I immediately biked down to Fife Ness and found a fewpeople in the middle of the Patch staking out some gorse bushes and sycamores where it had just been seen – although brieflyand not too well. It took a few minutes for me to find it. Luckily it was singing every few minutes so even though it was keepingto the dense vegetation and often very low down it was locatable and easily identifiable. Marsh warblers are very undistinguishedbirds – practically identical to reed warblers – and indeed a whole suite of even rarer warblers, but they have a fantastic and verydistinctive song. They are famous mimics, throwing together lots of phrases of other species between the rhythmic churringphrases that characterise the whole group. Over 90 species have been picked out of marsh warbler songs, even including speciesthat the marsh warblers spend their winter months with in places like Uganda or Tanzania. So even though I only had mostlybrief glimpses through holes in the vegetation, it was a nice bird to encounter as it showed off its song. There were a couple ofoccasions when it flew up into the top of a sycamore and showed itself a little better. You could then just about make it its moreolivey tones above and dirty white below, rather than the rufous and buffs of a reed warbler. But fairly technical and it wouldhave been a stretch to identify without its song to help.

There was a lot of song at Fife Ness that day. The willow warblers,whitethroats and sedge warblers seem to be trying to make for losttime. Out at sea I saw the first Arctic terns of the year passing. Theyare late as well but only by about a week. There was a steady streamof them heading north, on their final leg of their incredible migrationfrom a winter spent in the Antarctic ocean.

Later I went out along the old railway track to Kingsbarns and thenback along the main road looking for corn buntings. Another fivesinging birds to add to the list by the time I had finished although Isuspect more – I picked up two initially just perched on low fencesand then they barely sang. More repeat visits are needed. It’s not abad thing though. It’s a nice route and on a day with everything elsesinging (especially the whitethroats) and the possibility of some morerare migrants hardly a chore.

The sea was fantastically calm and flat on the morning of the 13th after the heavyrain overnight. There was occasional haar coming in on the feeble easterlies, butbetween the banks it was crystal clear without any heat haze. Perfect for watchingseabirds come past. And suddenly lots of puffins were visible – the first of the yearfor me – although they have been at theMay Island for several weeks now. Therewere Arctic terns still passing, probablythousands over the course of the day: inthe afternoon there was a flock of over 100feeding while I sat at Fife Ness. I also saw

my first manx shearwaters of the year and a great skua. As I sea watched I heard a com-mon sandpiper calling from the rocky shore. There are almost no waders on the shorenow apart from late migrants like these. Inland it was much as the day before – the marshwarbler was only heard briefly at the Patch, but the willow warblers and whitethroatsmade up for it with another day of intense singing. I think there are a lot whitethroatsabout this year now – more territories than ever. Whitethroat numbers have been increas-ing (after declining hugely last century) and it does seem that there is a whitethroat inalmost every hedge and bush around Crail this year.

The lure of such good weather was too strong and I had to work at home on the 16th soI could sit outside listening to the swifts and swallows and tree sparrows passing over.And rather surprisingly a red-throated diver going directly overhead making its quackingcall that I more often associate with their passage to and from west coast lochans (wherethey nest) to the sea (where they often feed).

And by the afternoon I just had to go out for a bit to see what was about. I staked out theyellow wagtail breeding field again. There may have been as many as 7 about this year

WILD CRAILWill Cresswell,

with Photographs by John Anderson

Artic Tern

Puffin

Whitethroat

Red-throated Diver

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Potential Fife Council Property sales at the Airfield.Crail Matters has been informed that subsequent to passing the Fife Planwhich outlines development opportunities at the Airfield, Fife Councilhave plans for the sale of property it owns at the Airfield. Fife Council-lors have been informed of this, but Crail Community Council have notbeen informed. The following questions put to Fife Council through aFreedom of Information request has revealed the following:

Q1. Please give details of land and other property held by Fife Coun-cil at or adjacent to Crail airfield.Response: Please find attached an extract of the land ownership in

this vicinity coloured pink.

Q2. Please provide details of proposals for any sale or other disposalof that land or property, and details of proposed developments envis-aged or planned by Fife Council on that land or property.Response: There are two sales currently under consideration:a) Sale of agricultural land. b) Possible sale of Former Recycling site fronting BalcomieRd. The development plan site requirements for the larger site of the airfield (not owned by Fife Council) are intentionally nonprescriptive in terms of uses so that a range of uses may be considered. Development of the Former Recycling site in isola-tion would likely require to show that it would not restrict potential options for the larger area or be incompatible with exist-ing or future uses.

Editorial CommentWhilst the sale of this property is undoubtedly lawful (as Fife Council are the owners) it is regrettable that these plans have beendeveloped without any consultation with the Crail community or information given to the Community Council. Alternative usesfor this land that would be of material benefit to the wider Crail environment are undoubtedly possible - the area described asagricultural land would make a very welcome addition to the nature reserve at Kilmining, for example; the former RecyclingCentre could be converted to an actual Recycling Centre, something badly needed for Crail. Fife Council might wish to act as acommercial operation, but it has broader moral and social responsibilities, not least of which are to engage with communitiesthat may be affected when assets are proposed for disposal. In passing, it also appears that the Fife Plan passed by Fife Councilmight well in this case have increased the value of property it owns - one might wonder if this conflict of interests was recognised.By drawing attention to these issues, Crail Matters hopes that a public debate about the future of this land might take place.

so I am keen to confirm just how many pairs are breeding. I found a male quite quickly but it was moving a lot, all the way fromKirkmay to the horse fields in front of the Stockwell’s farm. That was it for 30 minutes but as I left it in the horse field andheaded back to Crail, 3 more yellow wagtails came up from Kirkmay and flew over towards the field with the first bird. So, 4yellow wagtails at least, suggesting more than one breeding pair. They should hatch chicks any day now so it should get easierto pin down just how many when they start going backwards and forwards to the nest(s) every few minutes.

Later I was passing through the Logan’s farm (immediately north west of Crail) looking for corn buntings when I flushed a flockof 14 feeding in a field corner. These birds were still behaving as a winter flock and certainly were not breeding yet. So, moreterritories are likely to appear around Crail. Good news for corn buntings but every field will need checking again…

Agriculturalland owned byFife Council

Former recycling site

Property owned by Fife Council at Airfield

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Food Festival UnthriftinessI was shocked to read a few weeks ago that the Food Festi-vals use of the harbour was going to cost £12,000, as weremany others I presume. However since this, I have heardfrom Ross Speirs, the lead consultant at Fife Council forFlooding, Shorelines and Harbours. There were a few ques-tions he answered for me.

The coastal path will be remaining open all weekend andFife Council are still awaiting confirmation about how theFood Festival plan to manage this as people who are walkingthe coastal path should be entitled to visit Crail’s iconic har-bour without having to pay. The harbour is a public spaceand they should not be expected to pay, just as we would notexpect to have to pay to go to the beach at Roome Bay.

The cost. Crail Food Festival have said that the use of theharbour is costing them a staggering £12,000. This seemeda ludicrous amount and amounts to 14% of Mr Speirs’s an-nual budget for all harbours and piers in Fife. He said hewould be very thankful of this amount, however there wasno cost as such for the harbour use. In actual fact the cost ofharbour is £100 to cover legal works, and a charge of £63.42a day amounting to a total of £226.84. So where have theFood Festival Committee got £12,000 from? It does seemquite baffling.

There will be no vehicular access for fisherman throughoutthe whole weekend meaning they will not be able to accesstheir boats and carry out their day-to-day work unless theydo so on foot.

So there are still unanswered questions which I invite theFood Festival Committee to answer, either in writing to me,through Crail Matters or by answering them in person at thenext Community Council meeting;

• Where is the £12,000 coming from when in actualfact Fife Council only have a charge of £226.84? Stall hold-ers will pay to be there so this will cover this cost in the firstplace.

• Why has the Festival continued to make losses andstill see fit to operate in areas subject to a high charge (ornot as I have discovered)

• What will happen to tourists or locals who are walk-ing the coastal path and wish to visit the harbour?

• You say local will be provided with a wrist band forharbour access. Will there be a reduced ticket cost for themas well as if they have to pay the full price of £6 then theyare still technically paying for the harbour?

• What does the Food Festival give back to the com-munity?

I think there will be anger amongst locals that they were toldthe harbour would cost almost 53 times higher than the ac-tual cost. And isn’t it ironic that a Food Festival will excludewhat food Crail is famous for by denying fishermen access?

Heather Aird

ATTENTIONALL BOOK-WORMSA message fromRuth Redfern:When I spotted a re-cent headline “Ruth:we’re excited anddaunted” I thoughtyes, this describesmy feelings exactlyalthough it referred to another Ruth and another b-word! I amexcited about my next book sale as have more books thanever, but a little daunted as will need extra transport. One ofmy faithful old suitcases-on-wheels has finally given up thestruggle and gone to the great left luggage locker in the sky.One of my regular customers has offered her canine friend aspart of a team to pull a sledge across the frozen wastes frommy house to the Town Hall, but spring seems to have finallyarrived so patches of frozen waste can only be found in theCairngorms. This publication has quite a wide circulation soif anyone reading this has the use of a huge van and wants tospend a beautiful spring morning transporting books ……..Another recent article in the press suggested that folk weredoing over-the-border trips to Carlisle or Berwick to avoid theminimum pricing for booze. I have been doing the 2 buses/2trains trip to Carlisle for several years, not so much as I worryabout minimum prices for books but to rendezvous with mysister who always has plenty to donate. Only one person has spotted the deliberate mistake - I didn’toffer a prize and we look forward to happily sharing the mainroom with others next Saturday morning. Although Crail Fes-tival is a wonderful fortnight, bookworms need something toget through the other 50 weeks of the year.We hope to have our regular guest stallholders who offer aunique range of handmade crafts at affordable prices and I justhope the Tombola Team will be free as it wouldn’t be the samewithout them.We support various animal welfare charities - I hope to besending another donation to Second Chance Kennels in mem-ory of Twinkle. For the faithful few who remember her, it’sthe third anniversary of her death today.As always, any donations of unwanted books of any sort aremost welcome but it would be ideal if you could bring themat some stage over the sale weekend.May I take this opportunity of thanking all the people whohave assisted in the past particularly the local shops and hotelswho kindly display the ads and to those who have offered tohelp at the weekend,

BOOK BONANZASale of pre-loved books

- adult fiction, non-fiction, and children’s old and newfavourite authors

Crail Town HallSaturday and Sunday 26th and 27th May 2018

10am - 5pm - all day both daysAdmission free

All welcome - particularly those who are not keen on books!In aid of animal welfare charities - donations of any unwantedbooks of any sort welcome (preferably brought in on the ac-tual day of sale)

Letter to the Editor

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Crail Parish Church of Scotland (Charity registered in Scot-land SC 001601)

Intimations Sunday 20th May

There will be a meeting on Wednesday 23rd May at 7.00pmin the Church for all who wish to take part in the early morn-ing services. If you cannot attend the meeting please couldyou let me know if you wish to take part and your preferreddates. The services start on July 1st until 26 august.

Intimations to be in by Thursday noon to Lisa 450035, HelenArmitage or email to(intimations@crailchurch.co.uk)Interim Moderator: Rev Brian OxburghLocum Minister: Rev Peter Neilson (tel: 01333 310 477)

PentecostHoly Spirit, we welcome youHoly Spirit, we welcome you.Move among us with holy fireAs we lay aside all earthly desireHands reach out and our hearts aspireHoly Spirit, Holy Spirit, Holy Spirit, we welcome you

The CrailSeagullDid you see the wonderful sunset last week? I thought it wasamazing. There really isn’t a better place to live. Our naturalenvironment is quite unique, and I’m sure we live in a ratherspecial micro climate - indeed, I’m told by a knowledgableowl that we have as many sunny days as the South Coast ofEngland. And along with the sunny days, at night we have agood chance of seeing the aurora. That same owl told me ofa really good web site that gives warnings when the aurorais likely to be visible (https://aurorawatch.lancs.ac.uk/). Ifyou register with them, they will send you an alert. It’s a fan-tastic free service.

Thinking of this on my way back to Fluke Dub, I thought tomyself “the skies around Crail are really quite special, I justlove swooping around them.” But, when I got to Fife Ness,look what I found – a bag of dog poo carefully balanced ontop of one of the posts on the coastal path! I thought thatperhaps some careful dog walker had left it there and wouldretrieve it on returning from their walk but the gossipy spar-

row saw it in the afternoon and assumed the same. What ashame that folks who love to walk around the beauty that isthe East Neuk can’t clean up after their pets and just leavethe mess for others. Where is the Dog Poo Chalker when youneed him/her?

Material for inclusion in Crail Matters should be sent to crailmatters@gmail.com and received on Friday middaybefore publication. We reserve the right to edit copy for length and style. Submission does not guarantee inclusion.© Crab Publishing 2018: Editorial Team this week: Julie Middleton, Isla Reid, Valencia Sowry, Max Taylor, John

Wilson

Contact your Fife Councillor?Cllr.Linda.Holt@fife.gov.uk 07725 223773.

cllr.bill.porteous@fife.gov.uk 01333 730837 or07753982311

cllr.john.docherty@fife.gov.uk 07718 66 89 96

Do you know any young carers?We are the respite care officers for Disabilities Fife.Carers thatare actively looking for families to help. Do you know of anyfamilies that would benefit from our free service? If so the ser-vice is for young carers between 8 and 24 years. We can pro-vide support for 2 hours per week.We are PVG registeredfriendly and helpful.Please feel free to contact us anytime by:Phone - 01592 203993Email - respite@disabilitiesfife.org.ukWebsite - YoungCarersRespite.com

Crail CommunityChoir

Crail Community Choir meets tonight (Monday

21 May)in the Town Hall at 7.30

pm

A request for helpMy name is Kate and I will be a Postgraduate mature studentcommencing study at St Andrews in September for one year.I am seeking a place to park a camper van for the duration ofmy course. I am hoping to find a farmer or anyone who hasan available space on their land who might allow me to parkoff the road for a monthly stipend. I wouldn't need access toelectricity as I intend charging from the electric car pointsavailable at the university but may need access to a stand pipefor water. I do not litter and respect the environment howeverI may need to dispose of grey water. I am quiet and not givento partying and I can provide references. Please contact meand let me know if you have an off-road parking space avail-able and how much you would charge per month. Kate07735004655 kate_stewart@tutanota.com